Great news! Congresswoman Norton's nuclear weapons abolition and energy conversion bill introduced as HR-2419.
From Ellen Thomas, Co-Chair US WILPF Disarm Committee via PvS
GREAT NEWS! DC's Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton has introduced a new and improved version of her bill, the "Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Economic and Energy Conversion Act" ( HR-2419), so now let's begin calling, writing, and especially meeting with our Representatives to urge them to become co-sponsors of the bill.
The WILPF-US Disarm Committee sent Ms. Norton a letter in January requesting some revisions to the legislation she has introduced each session since 1994, changes which reflect the existence of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), and remove some unnecessary clauses.
We believe this version of the bill is much stronger ... and so does Beatrice Fihn of ICAN, who was with Ms. Norton when the bill was introduced, as were Timmon Wallis and Vicki Elson of NuclearBan .US, who have been enthusiastically supporting the revisions.
Beatrice Fihn was quoted in the press release that Norton's office issued, "Congresswoman Norton has been one of the few voices showing courageous leadership on this issue for several years.... We now have a nuclear ban treaty that provides a clear path to realize the vision the Congresswoman has been presenting. Her strong support for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is an example for all US political leaders and an important message to other nations who are leading on this issue."
“Our bill is as timely as ever,” Norton said. “Although the United States possesses one of the largest nuclear arsenals, there are still plans to spend trillions of dollars more on these doomsday weapons while urgent domestic needs, including health care, infrastructure, and clean energy, face funding shortfalls. The United States can reestablish our moral leadership in the world by redirecting these funds to urgent domestic issues, not preparing for human extinction.”
Keep up to date with what's happening at http://prop1.org, where you can find links to online and paper petitions supporting Norton's legislation in the House, as well as to the WILPF-US online and paper petitions for Senate support of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
Thanks!
Ellen Thomas
202-210-3886
www.avg.com
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